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Simon Mayo's Books of the Year

Ann Cleeves Q&A

Simon Mayo's Books of the Year

Bauer Media

Arts, Books

4.9994 Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Bestselling crime author, Ann Cleeves, answers questions about her writing processes and some of her favourite authors and books.

Simon and Matt also surprise her with a question from Steph McGovern - and - find out who she'd invite to her fantasy dinner party.

Transcript

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1:04.7

Hello and welcome.

1:07.1

It's our bonus Q&A episode of Books of the Year.

1:10.9

We're here in the studio with best-selling international superstar and Cleaves.

1:12.5

Is that fair enough as a description?

1:21.4

I find that slightly disconcerting, but I still, I still, yeah, I still feel like an imposter,

1:27.4

you know, 20 years of not being really selling very much at all, and then suddenly here I am. Does that give you, sorry, this is one of the questions of the Q&A, but it just

1:31.1

occurred to me, because you mentioned that fact in our other conversation, does that

1:35.2

give you a drive to carry on and keep going because you've still got, you've still got

1:40.8

so many stories in you? What it gives me is no pressure at all, because for all

1:47.1

that time I was writing for the joy of it. And I, not, not because I was making any money,

1:53.3

it wasn't work. It was complete escape and pleasure, and it still is. Fantastic. Okay. And

2:00.2

you've given a lot of encouragement to people who maybe are writing and thinking,

2:04.0

will I ever get there?

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